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Today In History - July 5

...2010, Daphne Guinness explained her decision to stop the auction of Isabella Blow's wardrobe collection by buying every lot. "The planned sale at Christie's could only result in carnage, as souvenir seekers plundered the incredible body of work Issie had created over her life," she told the Financial Times. "Indeed, in many ways, the auction would not be merely a sale of clothes; it would be a sale of what was left of Issie, and the carrion crows would gather and take away her essence forever."

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...2006, Valentino Garavani was awarded the prestigious 6th Legion d'Honneur at a ceremony at the Culture Ministry in Paris's Palais Royale."I'm feeling wonderful! Just wonderful!" was the response from the revered Italian couturier. There was a poignant moment when the designer, who has dressed stars including Jackie Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn and Princess Diana, choked back tears as he thanked his loyal staff. "He's very generous, very chic and very elegant. And he deserves this," said Carlos D'Souza, the Head of Communications for Valentino.

...2004, Tom Ford made it known to Italian newspaper La Repubblica his ambition to conquer Hollywood: "I am very serious about wanting to make a movie… as a director," he said. At the time he was planning to shoot a film in Rome's Cinecitta studio involving two cut-throat magazine editors who will do anything to get ahead in the fashion game. While this project didn't come to fruition, he later realised his ambition in 2009 when he wrote, directed and produced A Single Man, starring the Oscar-winning actor Colin Firth.